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IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO GRADUATES ABOUT CAREERS: Worried about graduation, student loans, and hunting down careers in this bad economy? Don’t be! There are tons of amazing careers out there–even if you’re terrible at your job. Not everyone has to get things right to make top dollar. There are tons of careers for people who get things wrong all the time….

You know who you are, roaming the halls with caps and gowns in ripped-open plastic, interrupting classes I’m teaching the next two weeks. “I’m not sure how you get out half a month earlier than everyone else,” I tell you while you’re walking around the school. It’s a mystery of life I neither condone nor understand. You’re smiling, returning from…

“The only thing that matters is getting @runningdmc to sign my yearbook.” It’s a tweet I’ll save. An honor to be considered so highly that students come by and say thanks. This time of year is a beehive. Seniors roaming the halls, caps, gowns, tassels in the air. Some I see every day, others pop out of the woodwork….

Yesterday was graduation. It’s a big day. For some, it was the first graduation in their family. Even for those who have seen a few, it’s a big, big deal. Parties, high-fives, discussion of the future…nothing beats graduation week. If teachers were in business, this’d be our product release, complete with the festivities, press-releases, and a feeling…

We were playing guitar, last night. My husband is a classically trained guitarist. I’m an untrained disaster. It’s a perfect combination. Sort of like The Monkees, who I loved growing up. One musician and a cute front man. I’m the cute front man. I can strum, play my three country-folk music chords, and if I see a…